{"id":2562,"date":"2024-11-24T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T02:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billzarchy.com\/blog\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2025-10-03T18:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T01:51:52","slug":"video-telling-anansi-the-spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billzarchy.com\/blog\/video-telling-anansi-the-spider\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Telling &#8216;Anansi the Spider&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/billzarchy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BZanansi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2563\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billzarchy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BZanansi.jpg 621w, https:\/\/billzarchy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BZanansi-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>ANANSI THE SPIDER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Story by Bill Zarchy <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>at The Monkey House, Berkeley <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>November 24, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One very hot day, Anansi the Spider, a trickster and maker of mischief, gets his comeuppance. 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